[ SECRET POST #5848 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5848 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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02.
[Glass Onion]


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03.
[Josh Groban]


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04.
[Greta (2018) & Suspiria (2018)]


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05.
[The Witcher]


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06.
[The Newsroom (2012)]


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07.
[Aunty Donna]


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08.
[Final Fantasy VII]


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09.
[Crazy Ex-Girlfriend]
















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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Can you be more specific about what didn't work for you in re balancing character depth and themes

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[(Anonymous)]

the theme is immaculate and tightly written on all levels. i.e. people don't actually like true disruption but like to comfort themselves that smelly onions have diamonds at the center.

but you could substitute all the characters except for miles/helen/andi with ones with different details and it probably would not change the plot or the themes at all.

and the only reason you couldn't substitute andi is because she's only an outline of a character and the outline (kept journals, created company) is plot-necessary.

for instance do i know what duke means when he said "there's the andi we know"? no. do i understand why lionel of all of them is more loyal to miles? no. i understand what claire gained from miles, but do i understand what she's going to gain from klear blowing up in her face? no. do I know why andi who wrote copious notes about her life wouldn't look at her business contracts or remember where she left the napkin of her best innovative idea? no. making her less forward-thinking than miles is just so the plot works.

I could not place andi in this friend group at all. nobody but miles is ever shown interacting with the (real) her. none of the rest say anything about her friendship specifically that would even indicate they were friends and not that she was merely the teacher overseeing detention at the breakfast club. for amoral people, it makes perfect sense to choose miles over andi, since he's the only one shown having an interest in their careers, even if they didn't need him. i can't blame them really, if i don't really know how she was supportive! depth of character would change this.